This handy reference, revised and updated for this Second Edition, will give the practicing and training technologist a solid understanding of basic MRI principles on which further learning can be built. Beginning with a hardware overview and moving through tissue characteristics, image quality and flow imaging, Rad Tech's Guide to MRI: Basic Physics, Instrumentation, and Quality Control should be used as both an introduction and an examination preparation tool. Each book in the Rad Tech's Guide Series covers the essential basics for those preparing for their certifying examinations and those already in practice.

William H. Faulkner, Jr. is a radiologic technologist and MRI education and operations consultant with William Faulkner and Associates. He is a founding board member of the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS) and author and co-author of several books on magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography including the Handbook of MRI Technique and Review Questions for MRI.

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